An Ice-Bound Shore. Cruising along the Edge of 'the Pack'-Off Wrangel Land. 'Hove to' in an Arctic Gale-The Corwin's Misadventures. Aboriginal Merchant Middlemen of Two Continents. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Arctic Ocean, Between Herald Shoals and Point Hope, September 3, 1881.

Authors

John Muir

Files

Kimes Entry Number

132

Original Date

10-27-1881

William and Maymie Kimes Annotation

Concerning a visit to an Eskimo village on Diomede Island, Muir comments: ""The Diomede merchants are true middlemen, and their village a half-way house of commerce between Northeastern Asia and America. The extent of dealings of these people, usually regarded as savages, is truly surprising."" The Corwin again tried to reach Wrangell Land to continue the search; however, the ice pack and enveloping storm forced a retreat. Muir relates that it ""was a howling storm-day ... through which we laid to, swashing and rolling wildly among white waves .... While we were still holding on, hoping the storm would subside from hour to hour, one of the rudder chains parted."" With the continuing storm and additional damage to the ship, Captain Hooper gave up all further attempts to continue the search.

Publication

San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Oct. 27, 1881

Page/Column

p. 3, col. 6

See also Kimes Entry Number

See also: no. 341, v. 7, pp. 236-[243]; no. 347, pp. 217-[223].

Recommended Citation

Muir, John, "An Ice-Bound Shore. Cruising along the Edge of 'the Pack'-Off Wrangel Land. 'Hove to' in an Arctic Gale-The Corwin's Misadventures. Aboriginal Merchant Middlemen of Two Continents. (Special Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Arctic Ocean, Between Herald Shoals and Point Hope, September 3, 1881." (1881). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986). 167.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/167